Comparison

Asketch vs Palette Hunt

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Asketch

A digital sketchpad designed for both beginners and advanced artists. It offers a focused drawing experience with intuitive gesture controls, powerful zooming for detail work, and image transformation capabilities. Capture your ideas anytime, anywhere with this versatile tool.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based drawing interface
  • Pressure-sensitive drawing support
  • High-quality image zooming
  • Image transformation (scale/rotate)
  • 50 levels of undo/redo
Features
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Asketch is a unique and versatile sketch pad. It allows creativity on the go, anytime, anywhere. Its deliberate simplicity makes it perfect for beginners who want to learn to draw; equally, advanced artists will find a wonderful buttery, tonal canvas for their life studies, cartoons, abstracts, landscapes and other subjects. The app is engineered to deliver rapid, but powerful image capture, facilitated by a great transform function that allows you to pick up the drawing, resize it and move it around the canvas, and a amazing zoom that lets you draw in minute detail. So if you want to put a traditional, but digital sketch pad in your pocket, this is the app for you. Features and functionality: Gesture based drawing interface: Changing the surface area of your finger on the screen controls the focus of the drawing. Supports pressure sensitive drawing on iPhones that support pressure sensitivity. Image zooming that actually works: Do amazing detail work when zoomed in. No pixelation of brushes while drawing. Image transformation: Scale/Rotate the image via a simple pinch gesture. 50 Levels of undo/redo. Swipe the undo/redo button to toggle back and forth. Hold down the button for rapid unwind/rewind.

About

Palette Hunt

Easily create stunning color palettes from your photos. Automatically extract main colors or manually select shades. Preview your palettes in real-world designs and seamlessly integrate them with Photoshop.

Highlights
  • Create palettes from photos
  • Automatic and manual color selection
  • Photoshop .aco format integration
  • Preview palettes in designs
  • Retro-inspired user interface
  • Intuitive navigation
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A color worth saving can be anywhere. Capture it with Palette Hunt and turn your photo into a palette, a poster, or a color study. FROM PHOTO TO PALETTE Take a photo or choose one from your library. Extract 3–8 colors, zoom in to sample a shade, fine-tune HEX values, and rearrange your swatches. Start with one of 35 curated palettes when you need inspiration. MAKE A POSTER Explore 10 poster templates built around color and typography. Edit every text element, choose a type style, and add simple shapes. Move, resize, rotate and arrange elements, with layers and undo to keep you in control. KEEP THE PHOTO IN THE PICTURE Place your palette over the original composition as a color strip, circles, or a HEX card. Adjust its size and position, then save a new image to Photos or share it. TAKE YOUR WORK WITH YOU Export posters as PNG, PDF or SVG. Export palettes as Swatches, ACO, ASE, CSS, JSON or HEX text. Use the system share sheet to save to Files or send to compatible apps. Save projects in named collections and return to your ideas later. Photo processing happens on your device, with no account required. Designed for iPhone and iPad, with layouts that adapt to iPhone Duo. App interface: English, Russian, German and Spanish.

Screenshots

Asketch4 screens
Palette Hunt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Palette Hunt at 4.8 against Asketch's 4.4. Palette Hunt also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 65%) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). Asketch's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (224 vs 31). On ads, in-app purchases, chart position and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Asketch costs $1.99 and Palette Hunt $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Palette Hunt holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Asketch has 224 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Asketch's written reviews are positive against 80% of Palette Hunt's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Asketch ships an update every 2 months, Palette Hunt every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Asketch versus Palette Hunt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsketchPalette Hunt
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.4 (224 ratings)4.8 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.3% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings224 — better31
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#85#31 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew KernDmitry Mashkin

Customer experience

Asketch

All ratings224 ratings
Positive81.7%
Neutral9.4%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews314 reviews
Positive65.3%
Neutral8.6%
Negative26.1%

Palette Hunt

All ratings31 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Asketch

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on startup
  • Eraser not working as expected
  • Brush strokes moving to unexpected locations

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save and export drawings
  • More brush/pencil options
  • Color support
  • Layers and blending tools
  • Background/paper texture options

Palette Hunt

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Asketch

No in-app purchases

None

Palette Hunt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Asketch free?
Asketch costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Palette Hunt free?
Palette Hunt costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Asketch or Palette Hunt?
Palette Hunt is rated higher. Asketch averages 4.4 out of 5 from 224 ratings, while Palette Hunt averages 4.8 from 31 ratings.
Do Asketch or Palette Hunt have ads?
Neither Asketch nor Palette Hunt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Asketch or Palette Hunt?
Asketch ships an update every 2 months, and Palette Hunt every 6 months. Most recently, Asketch was updated on October 29, 2026 and Palette Hunt on October 27, 2026.
Which is more popular, Asketch or Palette Hunt?
Asketch currently peaks at #85 in the App Store charts, and Palette Hunt at #31. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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